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...brother act that began in 1903, when 16-year-old Sam Warner paid $150 for a movie projector and a print of The Great Train Robbery. The brothers made so much money exhibiting the film that in two years they were able to buy a vacant store in New Castle, Pa., to use as a nickelodeon. Brother Jack sang songs while Sam ran the projection machine; Al drummed up publicity; Harry was the booking agent...
Last week, Britain's ailing (duodenal ulcer) Prime Minister left his hospital bed only to face another, deeply worrisome jigsaw puzzle: how to patch up the torn fabric of his Labor Party. He appointed new ministers (see box) to fill the posts left vacant by the rebellious resignations of Nye Bevan and Harold Wilson (TIME, April 30) and the death of Ernest Bevin. Then he tried to rally his followers against Left-Winger Bevan...
...first Monday since the opening of spring practice, the football field behind the boards on Soldiers Field was vacant yesterday, as a large number of varsity players took the afternoon off to donate blood to the Phillips Brooks House drive...
While the defendants were still awaiting trial, said Jackson, one local newspaper (the Orlando Sentinel-circ. 29,349) published a cartoon picturing vacant electric chairs. The caption: "No Compromise-Supreme Penalty." As mob violence swept the county, headlines appeared which Jackson thought inflammatory. Examples: the Sentinel's FLAMES FROM NEGRO HOMES LIGHT NIGHT SKY IN LAKE COUNTY, the Tampa Tribune's NIGHT RIDERS BURN LAKE NEGRO HOMES. Although the sheriff announced that the men had confessed, said Jackson, the "confession" itself was never introduced in evidence. Moreover, said he, the trial court had thrown out, as irrelevant, evidence...
...remaining position is first base. This spot was left vacant by the graduation of Captain John Caulfield and is currently held down by Russ Johnson, a former outfielder. First base is, of course, a position especially close to Coach McInnis, and he is watching Johnson's development very carefully, hoping that he comes along as the season progresses...